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<text id=94CT0466><title>Fiji—Communications</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Fiji<nl>Communications</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 644 km 0.610-meter narrow gauge, belonging to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation <item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 3,300 km <item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 1,590 km <item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel, crushed stone, stabilized earth 1,290 km; unimproved earth 420 km (1984) </list> <item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 203 km; 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges <item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> Labasa, Lautoka, Savusavu, Suva <item><hi format=bold>Merchant marine:</hi> 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 44,911 GRT/54,490 DWT, cargo 1, chemical tanker 2, container 2, oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 <item><hi format=bold>Airports:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 25 <item>• <hi format=ital>usable:</hi> 22 <item>• <hi format=ital>with permanent-surface runways:</hi> 3 <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways over 3,659 m:</hi> 0 <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 2,440-3,659 m:</hi> 1 <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 1,220-2,439 m:</hi> 2 </list> <item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> modern local, interisland, and international (wire/radio integrated) public and special-purpose telephone, telegraph, and teleprinter facilities; regional radio center; important COMPAC cable link between US-Canada and NZ-Australia; 53,228 telephones (71 telephones per 1,000 persons); broadcast stations—7 AM, 1 FM, no TV; 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth station </list></body></article></text>